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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Natalie Burlin Curtis (1875 - 1921)

Iga'ma lo ta'ndo
Language: Zulu (isiZulu) 
U-ye'ze, u-ye'ze,
Ma'me! U-ye'ze U-mo'ya!
U-ye'ze, u-ye'ze,
Ma'me! U-ye'ze U-mo'ya!

Nakuba'
Se'ku li-
Ba'nchi la'ke ngo-
Sha'da na'lo
Ngomte'to!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Iga'ma lo ta'ndo"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Natalie Burlin Curtis)


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-12
Line count: 9
Word count: 19

Fidelity of love
 (Sung text for setting by J. Coulthard)
 See original
Language: English  after the Zulu (isiZulu) 
He cometh, he cometh,
Rapture, he cometh, the Wind!
 ... 

Even though I have
But his robe,
I will marry it.
I will marry it,
By the law!

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Fidelity of love", 1993 [ voice and piano ], from Two songs from the Zulu, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Natalie Burlin Curtis (1875 - 1921)

Based on:

  • a text in Zulu (isiZulu) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Iga'ma lo ta'ndo"
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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
Line count: 9
Word count: 36

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